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Berenice Abbott

Author : Julia Van Haaften
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393292789
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott written by Julia Van Haaften and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive biography of the iconic twentieth-century American photographer Berenice Abbott, a trailblazing documentary modernist, author, and inventor. Berenice Abbott is to American photography as Georgia O’Keeffe is to painting or Willa Cather to letters. She was a photographer of astounding innovation and artistry, a pioneer in both her personal and professional life. Abbott’s sixty-year career established her not only as a master of American photography, but also as a teacher, writer, archivist, and inventor. Famously reticent in public, Abbott’s fascinating life has long remained a mystery—until now. In Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography, author, archivist, and curator Julia Van Haaften brings this iconic public figure to life alongside outlandish, familiar characters from artist Man Ray to cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener. A teenage rebel from Ohio, Abbott escaped first to Greenwich Village and then to Paris—photographing, in Sylvia Beach’s words, "everyone who was anyone." As the Roaring Twenties ended, Abbott returned to New York, where she soon fell in love with art critic Elizabeth McCausland, with whom she would spend thirty years. In the 1930s, Abbott began her best-known work, Changing New York, in which she fearlessly documented the city’s metamorphosis. When warned by an older male supervisor that "nice girls" avoid the Bowery—then Manhattan’s skid row—Abbott shot back, "I’m not a nice girl. I’m a photographer…I go anywhere." This bold, feminist attitude would characterize all Abbott’s accomplishments, including imaging techniques she invented in her influential, space race–era science photography and her tenure as The New School’s first photography teacher. With more than ninety stunning photos, this sweeping, cinematic biography secures Berenice Abbott’s place in the histories of photography and modern art, while framing her incredible accomplishments as a female artist and entrepreneur.

Berenice Abbott

Author : Gaëlle Morel
Publisher : Editions Hazan, Paris
ISBN 13 : 9780300182002
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott written by Gaëlle Morel and published by Editions Hazan, Paris. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features 120 photographs and a series of rarely seen documents, illuminating the three major periods of Abbott's career: her early work in the United States and Paris during the 1920s; her project Changing New York, created for the Federal Art Project; and her scientific pictures made between 1939 and 1961.

Berenice Abbott, Photographer

Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618440269
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott, Photographer written by George Sullivan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Berenice Abbott, who was a pioneer in the field of professional photography and is particularly acclaimed for her photographs of the streets and buildings of New York City before they were replaced by skyscrapers during a building boom in the 1920s and early 1930s.

The Realisms of Berenice Abbott

Author : Terri Weissman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520947452
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Realisms of Berenice Abbott written by Terri Weissman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Realisms of Berenice Abbott provides the first in-depth consideration of the work of photographer Berenice Abbott. Though best known for her 1930s documentary images of New York City, this book examines a broad range of Abbott’s work—including portraits from the 1920s, little known and uncompleted projects from the 1930s, and experimental science photography from the 1950s. It argues that Abbott consistently relied on realism as the theoretical armature for her work, even as her understanding of that term changed over time and in relation to specific historical circumstances. But as Weissman demonstrates, Abbott’s unflinching commitment to "realist" aesthetics led her to develop a critical theory of documentary that recognizes the complexity of representation without excluding or obscuring a connection between art and engagement in the political public sphere. In telling Abbott’s story, The Realisms of Berenice Abbott reveals insights into the politics and social context of documentary production and presents a thoughtful analysis of why documentary remains a compelling artistic strategy today.

Berenice Abbott's Changing New York, 1935-1939

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott's Changing New York, 1935-1939 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New York in the Thirties

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048622967X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book New York in the Thirties written by Berenice Abbott and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1973-06-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninety-seven photographs accompanied by descriptive notes capture New York City life in the depression years.

Berenice Abbott, portraits parisiens

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ISBN 13 : 9783869303536
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott, portraits parisiens written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berenice Abbott en 1925 photographiait ses premiers portraits sur le balcon du studio de Man Ray à Paris. Soixante-cinq ans plus tard, en 1990, elle prenait son dernier portrait dans un bateau sur le lac d'Hebron dans le Maine, à quelques centaines de mètres du chalet dans lequel elle a passé ses dernières années. Abbott réalisait généralement ses portraits parisiens dans son propre studio, d'abord 44, rue du Bac, puis 18, rue Servandoni, mais aussi parfois sur place, au domicile du client, comme son premier portrait de James Joyce. En juin 1926, Jan Sliwinski exposa dans sa galerie des photographies de James Joyce, Jean Cocteau, Sylvia Beach, Marie Laurencin ou André Gide parmi tant d'autres. Les hommes et les femmes photographiés par Berenice Abbott étaient liés - socialement, intellectuellement, artistiquement ou sentimentalement. Elle ne photographiait pas des inconnus, à la différence d'Atget, qu'elle contribua à sortir de l'ombre. Ce livre, conçu par Hank O'Neal, regroupe plus de cent portraits, dont la plupart sont inédits. Les plaques de verre brutes, telles qu'elles sortaient de sa chambre noire, sont présentées avec le recadrage qu'elle souhaitait. Portraits parisiens est un livre rare au service d'une photographe essentielle dans l'art du portrait, de l'architecture ou de la photographie scientifique.

A Guide to Better Photography

Author : Gwendolyn Olmsted Alexander
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438945647
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Better Photography written by Gwendolyn Olmsted Alexander and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author does a brilliant job demonstrating the proper way to take a photograph. She shows through example after example using over 100 color photographs better approaches to lighting, the importance of colors and tones, the execution of perspective, balance, centering, and most importantly focusing tactics. With the summer traveling season soon upon us, A Guide to Better Photography offers the novice photographer sound advice on all the techniques used by the professional photographer for taking exceptional photographs. This book is recommended to people of all ages who have struggled with the art of photography, or just taking a picture, but can't seem to make it work. This guide offers quick and easy solutions to taking better photographs.

New York Changing

Author : Douglas Levere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book New York Changing written by Douglas Levere and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out on a five-year, WPA-funded project to document New York's transformation from a nineteenth-century city into a modern metropolis of towering skyscrapers. The result was the landmark publication Changing New York, a milestone in the history of photography that stands as an indispensable record of the Depression-era city. More than sixty years later, New York is an even denser city of steel-and-glass and restless energy. Guided by Abbott's voice and vision, New York photographer Douglas Levere has revisited the sites of 100 of Abbott's photographs, meticulously duplicating her compositions with exacting detail; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera. New York Changing pairs Levere's and Abbott's images, resulting in a remarkable commentary on the evolution of a metropolis known for constantly reinventing itself.

Photographs

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Photographs written by Berenice Abbott and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Berenice Abbott

Author : Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565843776
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott written by Bonnie Yochelson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-release of an acclaimed volume features definitive images of 1930s New York, in a deluxe edition that features more than three hundred duotones as taken with the support of the WPA's Federal Art Project documenting Depression-era changes throughout the city. Reissue.

Documenting Science

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Documenting Science written by Berenice Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. Abbott's style of straight photography helped her make important contributions to scientific photography, as shown in this book.

Lisette Model

Author : Lisette Model
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780893810504
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Lisette Model written by Lisette Model and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty works by the contemporary photographer display her portraits of vacationers in Nice during the 1930s as well as stark views of New York City's forgotten residents

The New Woman Behind the Camera

Author : Andrea Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942884743
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The New Woman Behind the Camera written by Andrea Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the many ways women around the world helped shape modern photography from the 1920s to the 1950s as they captured images of a radically changing world During the 1920s the New Woman was easy to recognize but hard to define. Hair bobbed and fashionably dressed, this iconic figure of modernity was everywhere, splashed across magazine pages or projected on the silver screen. A global phenomenon, she embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art--including photography. This groundbreaking, richly illustrated book looks at those "new women" who embraced the camera as a mode of expression and made a profound impact on the medium from the 1920s to the 1950s. Thematic chapters explore how women emerged as a driving force in modern photography, bringing their own perspective to artistic experimentation, studio portraiture, fashion and advertising work, scenes of urban life, ethnography and photojournalism. Featuring work by 120 photographers, this volume expands the history of photography by critically examining an international array of canonical and less well-known women photographers, from Berenice Abbott, Dorothea Lange and Lola Álvarez Bravo to Germaine Krull, Tsuneko Sasamoto and Homai Vyarawalla. Against the odds, these women produced invaluable visual testimony that reflects both their personal experiences and the extraordinary social and political transformations of the era.

Seeing America

Author : Melissa A. McEuen
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813183111
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Seeing America written by Melissa A. McEuen and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This vibrant and penetrating study. . . . opens a window on American culture between the world wars.” —Publishers Weekly Seeing America explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Taken together, they visually articulated the essential ideas occupying the American consciousness in the years between the world wars. Melissa McEuen examines the work of Doris Ulmann, who made portraits of celebrated artists in urban areas and lesser-known craftspeople in rural places; Dorothea Lange, who magnified human dignity in the midst of poverty and unemployment; Marion Post Wolcott, a steadfast believer in collective strength as the antidote to social ills and the best defense against future challenges; Margaret Bourke-White, who applied avant-garde advertising techniques in her exploration of the human condition; and Berenice Abbott, a devoted observer of the continuous motion and chaotic energy that characterized the modern cityscape. Combining feminist biography with analysis of visual texts, McEuen considers the various prisms though which each woman saw and revealed America. Winner of the 1999 Emily Toth Award for the best feminist study of popular culture given by the Women’s Caucus of the Popular Culture Association. “A rich resource for anyone interested in the history of photography, women’s history, and American history in general.” —Bloomsbury Review “A valiant, well-researched effort to bridge the history of visual culture with American social and political history.” —Journal of American History “The best books always leave their audience wanting more. That is certainly true of this gem of a work.” —Library Journal (starred review).

Vivian Maier

Author : Pamela Bannos
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022659923X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Vivian Maier written by Pamela Bannos and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. When the news broke that Maier had recently died and had no surviving relatives, Maier shot to stardom almost overnight. Bannos contrasts Maier's life has been created, mostly by the men who have profited from her work. Maier was extremely conscientious about how her work was developed, printed, and cropped, even though she also made a clear choice never to display it.

Documentary in Dispute

Author : Sarah M. Miller
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 026204417X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Documentary in Dispute written by Sarah M. Miller and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography. The 1939 book Changing New York by Berenice Abbott, with text by Elizabeth McCausland, is a landmark of American documentary photography and the career-defining publication by one of modernism's most prominent photographers. Yet no one has ever seen the book that Abbott and McCausland actually planned and wrote. In this book, art historian Sarah M. Miller recreates Abbott and McCausland's original manuscript for Changing New York by sequencing Abbott's one hundred photographs with McCausland's astonishing caption texts. This reconstruction is accompanied by a selection of archival documents that illuminate how the project was developed, and how the original publisher drastically altered it. Miller analyzes the manuscript and its revisions to unearth Abbott and McCausland's critical engagement with New York City's built environment and their unique theory of documentary photography. The battle over Changing New York, she argues, stemmed from disputes over how Abbott's photographs—and photography more broadly—should shape urban experience on the eve of the futuristic 1939 World's Fair. Ultimately it became a contest over the definition of documentary itself. Gary Van Zante and Julia Van Haaften contribute an essay on Abbott's archive and the partnership with McCausland that shaped their creative collaboration. Copublished with Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto